Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre el desarrollo psicomotor dirigido a madres de niños y niñas menores de un año de edad que asisten a la Fundación Pablo Jaramillo Crespo

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices on psychomotor development aimed at mothers of children under one year of age who attend the Early Stimulation Area of the Pablo Jaramillo Crespo Foundation. It is a quasi-experimental research, through the design of a single control group consisting of 66 mothers with pre-caps and post-caps. An initial survey (pre-caps) was applied to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers on psychomotor development of children under a year old. With the final result of the first survey a workshop and training instructional guide on psychomotor development linking early stimulation , it concluded the same one performed post-caps designed. To measure the results. For a description of the qualitative variables frequency and percentage was calculated for quantitative analysis and the mean, standard deviation, variance and T Student was used. After the educational intervention there is a significant difference in the mean of knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers before surgery (51.8 %) and after the intervention (84.2 %). Therefore we conclude that educational intervention modify knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers, because the value of the test (p = 0.00 which is < p = 0.05). KEYWORDS: PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, DEVELOPMENTAL SHORT SCALE NELSON ORTIZ, PARENT BEHAVIOR CHECK LIST, PARENTING PRACTICES QUESTIONNAIRE, EARLY ESTIMULATION.